Car-fender.



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PATENTED'APR. 7, 1903.

c. E. REEVES. CAE EENDEE. AIvPLICATION EILD AUG. 8. 1907.

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INVENTOH HEI III? iff A TTOHNE YS CHARLES RODERIGK REEVES, 0F FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed August 8, 1907. Serial No. 387,615.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES RoDnRioK REEvns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fairhaven, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Fenders, of which the following is a full, clear, and. exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a very simple and readily attached car fender, in the construction of which thebottom section is adjustable relatively to the body, so that its outer end may be brought within the vertical plane of the outer end of the platform, or be carried outward as far as desired and locked in either position.

Another purpose of the invention is to pro vide a construction of car fender w-hereb y its forward end may be raised and lowered as occasion may demand.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be ereinafter fully setforth and pointed out in t e claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 illustrates the fender attached to a car, the fender being in vertical section; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fender and that ortion of the car to which it is attached; ig. 3 is a front elevation of a ortion of the car and the attached fender; iig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a part of the side of the fender and a portion of thebottom section, illustrating the manner in which the said bottom section has sliding movement on the side sections and the manner of locking the bottom section in adjusted osition; Fig. 5 is a detail view of a modified fbrm of mechanism for raising and lowering the fender, and Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5.

A represents a portion of the body of the car, A the platform, A2 a truck for the car, and B represents one of the tracks. A shaft 10 is secured in the sills a that extend belowv the latform of the car, and. on this shaft 10 the ender is adapted to rock.

The fender consists mainly of two side sections or cheek pieces 11 which at their forward portions are inclined downwardly and forwardl as illustrated at 12 in the drawings, andy at their rear portions they are given 'above them.

a downward and rearward inclination, as is shown at 12a in the drawings, and each lower ortion 13 of each cheek piece or side section 11 of the fender is curved outwardly so as to extend over and beyond the outer faces of the tracks B. The cheek pieces 11 are connected by a bottom section 14 and a back section 15; these sections are preferabl constructed in one ieee and comprise si e angle irons l) attac led to the inner face of the cheek pieces 11, and a body section b of a perforated or reticulated material. At the bottom portion of each cheek piece 11 a slide-way is constructed, and each slide-way is preferably formed by bringing together two angle irons 16 and 17, as is particularly shown in Figs. 3 land 4'. These slide-ways accommodate an auxiliary movable bottom C which consists of side members 18 suitably connected, and a body section 19 of reticulated or perforated material.

The side members 18 of the auxiliary bottom C of the fender, are provided at suitable intervals with notches or recesses 2O in their upper edges, adapted to receive spring wrist pins 22 that are mounted in brackets 21 carried b the uppermost angle irons 16 of the said s ide-ways, so as to lock the sliding bottom section C of the fender either in an outer position or in an inner position, and when the said sliding 4section C 1s in its vinner osition it is within the vertical plane of the ront portion of the car.

A rock shaft 23 is mounted in the sills a above the up er rear portion ofthe fender. This rockosha t 23 is provided adjacent each end with a crank arm 24, and these crank arms 24 are connected b links 25 with rearwardly extending memfiers 26 that are secured to the rear pieces 11, as is best s own in Fig. 1. Rods 27 are secured at their up er ends to the sills a, and these rods extend lbosely through the said members 26, and s rings 28 and 29 are made to encircle the said rod, the spring 28 havingl bearing against the under face of the member 26, and the spring 29 having bearing against the up er face of the said member, as is also clear y shown in Fig. 1, and these springs 28 and 29 serve to normally hold the fender in operative position, that is with the sliding auxiliary bottom C parallel'with the tracks B, and at a predetermined distance Between the ends of the shaft 23 an upwardly extending crank arm 30 is formed, and this crank arm has conjprtions of the cheeknected with it the rear end of a bar 31 that extends below the platform A of the car, and at the forward end of the said bar 31 a link 32 is ivoted, which link in its turn extends up t rough a suitable plate 33 secured to the said platform, and is attached to a lever 34. By drawin the lever inward the forward end of the ender is carried downward so as to facilitate the rece tion of an object on the track, and at suc time the s rin s 29 are placed under compression, there ore when the lever is released the said springs restore the fender to its normal position.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have illustrated a modiiied form of a vmechanism for raising and lowering the fender. This mechanism consists of segmental gears 35 secured to the inner faces of the cheek pieces 11 of the fender adjacent its pivotal support 10, and the said support 10 1n this instance is ada ted to turn in its bearings and is provided with a mating segmental gear 36 and a crank arm 36a which is connected by a link 36h with a lever 36C corresponding to the lever 34; but the pivotal support 1U may be rigid, in which event the gear 36 is provided with a sleeve s 38 and is loosely mounted on the said piv- 40 neeting the cheek pieces, an auxiliary bot- `said rearwar otai support, and at the inner end of the said tom mounted to slide on the cheek pieces, a locking device for the auxiliary bottom, and means for rocking the fender on its pivotal support.

2. In a car fender, pivotally mounted cheek pieces, a fixed bottom and back section cannecting the cheek pieces, an auxiliary bottom mounted to slide on the cheek pieces, a locking device for the auxiliary bottom, and means for rocking the fender on its pivotal support, and a tensioning mechanism that retains the fender in' normal position, being compressed when the fender is rocked.

3. In a car fender, the combination with pivotally mounted cheek pieces, a bottoni and a back section secured to the said cheek pieces, slide-ways located at the bottom in ner portion of the cheek pieces, -an .auxiliary bottom member tted to the said siide- Ways, and a locking device for the said aux iliary bottom member of a rock shaft, a lever .connected with said shaft, crank arms extending from said rock shaft, members extending rearwardly from the cheek pieces, links connecting the said members and the said crank arms, and sl rings having bearing upon the upper and t e lower faces of the ly extending members..

4. In a car fender, the combination with cheek pieces and a stationary bottom and back sections located between the cheek ieces, of an auxiliary sliding bottom, .and a ocking device therefor.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES RODE'RIK REEVES.

Witnesses:

EDWARD T. BANNON, MARY L. SAwYER. 

